When I refer to the "master"...
PSHYCHE!
It's not me!
It's the fabulous knapper, Roger Hostetler,
and here is one of his work spaces:
I don't know much about flint napping but I know fabulous when I see it.
I've posted the photo of a couple of points he made for me using my coral from the Alafia River.
Well, now I'm hooked!
I took him another slab that I thought was particularly pretty when I cut it. (Actually, I took him 2 slabs: one for him, one for me) He wrote that he had started working on it but stopped because he thought I might like it in its "preform" state, meaning, not a finished point.
Whatever!
Then he sent a photo, and it's not even the best photo...
Wow!!!
He's right, I'll take it, as is!
As I write this, it's raining
but we had a short dry spell where the river levels dropped.
I was able to combine a FCOLC meeting with 2 days of digging.
Day 1
I haven't spent much time in the Peace this season so I basically went upstream a bit and started digging where lots of other people had been digging.
Dugong rib bone fragments usually get tossed back but when I find a biggun' I take it home.
A pretty hemi.
A few worn but interesting pre-equus teeth with a deer tooth thrown in for contrast.
The odds and ends assortment.
Day 2
I was able to meet up with Pam for this day and while it was a bit frustrating, I found enough to sift through when I got home.
Horse teeth.
Check out the ultra-glossy finish on the tooth to the right.
Middle turtle scutes. Lots of 'em!
And the odds and ends.
I'm glad I went while I could as scheduling conflicts will keep me away for a couple weeks.
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